riUZES OBTAINED BY THE BEST DAHLIAS IN 1840. 



ARTICLE VI. 



13 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER OF PRIZES OBTAINED BY THE 

 BEST DAHLIAS DURING THE SEASON OF 1840. 



B* MR. W. VTOODMANSEY. 



According to my promise, I send you the tables of the number of 

 prizes the following Dahlias have taken this season, at all the shows 

 published that have come under my notice, and I hope they will 

 prove acceptable to some of your numerous readers. 

 Harpham, November, 1840. 



OLD AND ESTABLISHED KINDS. 



Prizes. 



. 35 



. 79 



. 26 



. 10 



Names of Flowers. 



Advancer, Squibb's . 



Amato, Mountjoy"s .... 

 Annot Lisle, Begbie's . . . 

 All/ha, Simmond's .... 

 Beauty of the West Riding, 

 Evans's ...••• 

 Bontisholl, Allen's .... 

 Bowling Green Rival, Lawes' . 

 Calliope, Spencer's .... 

 Cambridge Hero, Widnall's. . 



Climax, Jeffrey's 



Conductor, Widnall's . . . 

 Conqueror, Springall's . . . 

 Countess oi'Torrington, Allmau's 

 Defiance, Hovwood's. . . . 

 Don John, Spary's .... 

 Duchessoi' Devonshire Widnall^s 

 Duchess of Richmond, Fowler's 

 Duchess of Portland, Tillery 's . 

 Duke of Wellington, Dod's . . 

 Egyptian King, Willmer's . . 

 Egyptian Prince, Stanford's . 

 Essex Rival, Sorrell's . . • 

 Eva, Foster's ' ? 



7 

 22 

 22 

 9 

 8 

 89 

 62 

 II 

 10 

 50 

 17 

 23 

 68 

 20 

 29 

 22 

 23 

 109 



Prizes . 



. 30 

 . 98 

 . 16 



Fireball, Squibb's 

 Frances, Jones's . 

 Glory of Plymouth, Rendle's 

 Grace Darling, Dod's . . 

 Grand Turk, King's . . . 

 Hero of Wakefield. Barrett's 

 Hero of Nottingham, Shilton's 

 Hon. Stuart Wortley, Barrett's 

 Hope, Neville's .... 

 Hylas, Squibb's .... 

 Knockhault Rival, Scale's . 

 Lady Bathurst, Squibb's. . 

 Lady Dartmouth, Widnall's. 



41 



36 



IS 



115 



7 



6 



18 



18 



105 



36 



9 



8 



12 



Names of Flowers. 



Lady Kinnaird, Kidd's . 

 Lewisham Rival, Mead's 

 Lilac Perfection, Harding's 

 Marquis of Lothian, Goodhall's 123 

 Mary, Dod's _ 92 



Mary, Ward's 



Marchioness of Lansdowne, 

 Keynes's 



Miss Johnstone, Willison's . . 



Miss Scroop, Hedley's . . . 



Model of Perfection, Neville's . 



Mont Blanc, Groom's . . . 



Mungo Park, Young's . . . 



Ne Plus Ultra, Widnall's . . 



Ovid, Mountjoy's .... 



Perfection, Mackenzie's . . . 



Perfection. Hedley's .... 



Premier, Bowman's .... 



Primrose, Gaines's . . • • 



Queen of Sarum, Dod's . 



Rienzi, Widnall's .... 



Ringleader, Willmer's . 



Rival Queen's Superba, Wright's 



Rival Sussex, Stanford's . . 



Royal Standard, Whale's . . 



Ruby, Girling's 



Sarah, Brown's 



Sir J. Astley, Squibb's . . . 

 Sir H. Fletcher, Richardson's . 

 Springfield Rival, Inwood'a . 

 Suffolk Hero. Girling's . . . 

 Topaz, Girling's ..... 



Unique, Ansell's 164 



Victory, Knight's .... 50 

 Virgin Queen, Protheroe's . . 87 

 Wallace, Neville's .... 18 

 Windmill Hill Rival, Mitchell's 23 



16 

 87 

 36 

 6 

 2 

 10 

 92 

 13 

 13 

 33 

 10 

 33 

 24 

 100 

 12 

 4 

 109 

 32 

 38 

 13 

 32 

 31 

 122 

 118 

 77 



Remarks on the above.-With regard to these, I have only to say 

 that I have not purposely added or omitted a single prize to any of 

 the kinds. There may have been many exhibitions which have not 



